water mint

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water mint - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mint \Mint\ (m[i^]nt), n. [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. mi`nqa,
     mi`nqh.] (Bot.)
     The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the
     genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by
     distillation. See Mentha.
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     Note:
  
     Corn mint is Mentha arvensis.
  
     Horsemint is Mentha sylvestris, and in the United States
        Monarda punctata, which differs from the true mints in
        several respects.
  
     Mountain mint is any species of the related genus
        Pycnanthemum, common in North America.
  
     Peppermint is Mentha piperita.
  
     Spearmint is Mentha viridis.
  
     Water mint is Mentha aquatica.
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     Mint camphor. (Chem.) See Menthol.
  
     Mint julep. See Julep.
  
     Mint sauce, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.
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  Water mint \Wa"ter mint`\
     A kind of mint (Mentha aquatica) growing in wet places, and
     sometimes having a perfume resembling bergamot.
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water mint - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  water mint
      n 1: a European mint that thrives in wet places; has a perfume
           like that of the bergamot orange; naturalized in eastern
           North America [syn: water-mint, water mint, Mentha aquatica
           ]